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112 Bible Verses about Joy
I want to tell you about a joy that can chase away every sadness and fill your heart to overflowing. It's not a fleeting feeling based on how your day is going, but something you build day by day in the presence of the Holy Spirit.
It's your relationship with the Holy Spirit that will lead you to truly know God. And once you know Him, you'll worship Him in a way that pours out of you like a river of praise, just thinking about how amazing your Savior is. You'll understand His goodness in your life, and laughter will just bubble up.
That's when you'll realize that the happiness this world offers is based on things that fade away, but the joy Jesus puts in your soul lasts forever. God wants you to find refuge in Him, and even in the midst of tears, to find a song of worship rising within you.
When you come to Him, surrendering at His feet, you'll be filled and comforted. Even when you're going through tough times, trials, and struggles, the joy of the Lord will be your strength, and you'll be able to keep going, fulfilling the purpose God has for you.
By God’s grace, His joy will uphold you and give you what you need to face anything. As Psalm 28:7 (NIV) says, "The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him."
But all things considered, this is an advantage for a land: a king for a plowed field.
Although you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,
for you are receiving the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness,
gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.
I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.
In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; God has made the one as well as the other, so that mortals may not find out anything that will come after them.
as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
Nevertheless, do not rejoice at this, that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God.
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises.
Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre, with the lyre and the sound of melody.
With trumpets and the sound of the horn make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord.
Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy; and I will praise you with the harp, O God, my God.
How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts!
For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than live in the tents of wickedness.
For the Lord God is a sun and shield; he bestows favor and honor. No good thing does the Lord withhold from those who walk uprightly.
O Lord of hosts, happy is everyone who trusts in you.
My soul longs, indeed it faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.
You show me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of joy; in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
For his anger is but for a moment; his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning.
By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness,
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, so that those who love your name may exult in you.
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my whole being shall exult in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever.
I will thank you forever, because of what you have done. In the presence of the faithful I will proclaim your name, for it is good.
looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the sake of the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth.
Worship the Lord with gladness; come into his presence with singing.
For the kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
But let the righteous be joyful; let them exult before God; let them be jubilant with joy.
Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise in the assembly of the faithful.
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
For you shall go out in joy, and be led back in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall burst into song, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your work; at the works of your hands I sing for joy.
So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Happy are the people who know the festal shout, who walk, O Lord, in the light of your countenance;
The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season.
You open your hand, satisfying the desire of every living thing.
My brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of any kind, consider it nothing but joy,
for your anger does not produce God's righteousness.
Therefore rid yourselves of all sordidness and rank growth of wickedness, and welcome with meekness the implanted word that has the power to save your souls.
But be doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves.
For if any are hearers of the word and not doers, they are like those who look at themselves in a mirror;
for they look at themselves and, on going away, immediately forget what they were like.
But those who look into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and persevere, being not hearers who forget but doers who act—they will be blessed in their doing.
If any think they are religious, and do not bridle their tongues but deceive their hearts, their religion is worthless.
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance;
His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and trustworthy slave; you have been trustworthy in a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.’
Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God.
Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation.
through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God.
Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart.
My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and make melody. Awake, my soul!
to provide for those who mourn in Zion— to give them a garland instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit. They will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, to display his glory.
My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to you; my soul also, which you have rescued.
O that deliverance for Israel would come from Zion! When the Lord restores the fortunes of his people, Jacob will rejoice; Israel will be glad.
Finally, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is not troublesome to me, and for you it is a safeguard.
O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his steadfast love endures forever!
All nations surrounded me; in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
They surrounded me, surrounded me on every side; in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
They surrounded me like bees; they blazed like a fire of thorns; in the name of the Lord I cut them off!
I was pushed hard, so that I was falling, but the Lord helped me.
The Lord is my strength and my might; he has become my salvation.
There are glad songs of victory in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the Lord does valiantly;
the right hand of the Lord is exalted; the right hand of the Lord does valiantly.”
I shall not die, but I shall live, and recount the deeds of the Lord.
The Lord has punished me severely, but he did not give me over to death.
Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter through them and give thanks to the Lord.
Let Israel say, “His steadfast love endures forever.”
And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Then the people rejoiced because these had given willingly, for with single mind they had offered freely to the Lord; King David also rejoiced greatly.
There are glad songs of victory in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the Lord does valiantly;
But may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; may those who love your salvation say continually, “Great is the Lord!”
It will be said on that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, so that he might save us. This is the Lord for whom we have waited; let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
Nevertheless I am continually with you; you hold my right hand.
You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me with honor.
When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.
Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then it was said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.”
Through him, then, let us continually offer a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name.
David also commanded the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their kindred as the singers to play on musical instruments, on harps and lyres and cymbals, to raise loud sounds of joy.
But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; my soul is like the weaned child that is with me.
The hope of the righteous ends in gladness, but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.
the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is clear, enlightening the eyes;
“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
Out of the mouths of babes and infants you have founded a bulwark because of your foes, to silence the enemy and the avenger.
My soul longs, indeed it faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; that I know very well.
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid, for the Lord God is my strength and my might; he has become my salvation.
Out of my distress I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me in a broad place.
With the Lord on my side I do not fear. What can mortals do to me?
Since I am convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for your progress and joy in faith,
O how abundant is your goodness that you have laid up for those who fear you, and accomplished for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of everyone!
Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions of them to those for whom nothing is prepared, for this day is holy to our Lord; and do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
But let all who take refuge in you rejoice; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, so that those who love your name may exult in you.
For you bless the righteous, O Lord; you cover them with favor as with a shield.
I will exult and rejoice in your steadfast love, because you have seen my affliction; you have taken heed of my adversities,
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid, for the Lord God is my strength and my might; he has become my salvation.
With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.
So the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.
You have made known to me the ways of life; you will make me full of gladness with your presence.’